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• Feb16

  Eastern men overcome 17-point deficit

  
  Parker Kelly knows he has the green light. “If you’re open, you have to shoot it,” said Kelly, who hit three 3-pointers – the last with 14 seconds left – to drive Eastern Washington to a crucial 79-76 Big Sky Conference win over Northern Colorado on Wednesday night at Reese Court.
• Feb03

  There’s a shadow on local hoops

  A GRIP ON SPORTS So we are supposed to have six more weeks of winter, right? Well if it's anything like the preceding six weeks, I'm fine with that. Other than a couple days, this has been an easy winter to navigate in the Inland Northwest. Now for the basketball around the area, that hasn't been as warm. Read on.
• Feb02

  Signing day revs up local schools’ fans

  A GRIP ON SPORTS Last year I trekked up U.S. 195 to Northern Quest Casino for Washington State's signing day get-together. This year all I had to do was drive from home. But there was a lot more that was different to the event than just a much shorter drive. Read on.
• Feb01

  It’s Signing Day. You can open your presents now

  A GRIP ON SPORTS Like a lot of you, I read before I go to sleep at night. Sometimes it's a book – right now I have sort of started Stephen King's 11/22/63 – and sometimes it's Twitter or Google news. Last night it was Sports Illustrated. A statistic contained within hit my eye. Read on.
• Jan31

  Sweet decisions coming soon

  A GRIP ON SPORTS On this last day of January, 2012, I would like to commit to having a chocolate doughnut for breakfast. In a few minutes, however, I may switch my commitment to a glazed one. By the time I'm done writing, though, I may either be back to chocolate or have decided on toast. Read on.
• Jan30

  A Monday morning rant from the woods

  A GRIP ON SPORTS We've said this more than once. Monday mornings after NFL season are the light days when it comes to sports on the web. But does that deter us? No way. We've found enough items to make your morning interesting. To make Monday morning interesting. Is that an oxymoron? Read on.
• Jan29

  EWU’s 1997 football team headed to hall of fame

  Eastern Washington University’s 1997 football team, which compiled a 12-2 record and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I-AA football playoffs, will be inducted into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 6. The team, which included two All-Americans, quarterback Harry Leons and defensive tackle Chris Scott, will be honored at a breakfast and ceremony in conjunction with Eastern’s home football game that day against North Dakota.
• Jan28

  Eagles sell potential recruits on total package

  
  When Beau Baldwin visits a football recruit, he’s looking for the total package. Usually the recruit wants the same thing, which goes way beyond the field – red or otherwise.
• Jan24

  An odd sort of morning

  A GRIP ON SPORTS Really don't know how to hook you into this morning's post. Maybe the best way is to be honest. We have a bunch of links today covering the wide breadth of the sporting world. And a lot of them have rather odd connections to local schools. Read on.
• Jan19

  EWU’s 2012 football schedule favors fans

  Will Eastern Washington University football fans get a bigger kick out of this year’s schedule? That depends: Is your gas tank half-full or half-empty?
• Dec01

  EWU’s Mitchell one of three finalists for Payton award

  
  Eastern Washington University’s senior quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was named Thursday as one of three finalists for the prestigious Walter Payton Award that is given annually to the top player in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision.
• Nov20

  Another win gives Eastern slight hope at postseason

  POCATELLO – Could it actually happen? Some of those close to Eastern Washington University’s football program were speculating after Saturday’s 45-14 rout of Big Sky Conference rival Idaho State that the defending NCAA Division I champion Eagles might still have a outside chance of earning an at-large berth in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
• Nov17

  EWU will have its eye out for ISU’s Rumble

  
  Eastern Washington University will get back to trying to defend the pass – make that many passes – when it travels to Pocatello on Saturday to take on Big Sky Conference rival Idaho State in its season finale. Despite its yearlong struggles, ISU (2-8 overall, 1-6 Big Sky) has proven it can move the ball through the air. The biggest factor in the Bengals’ passing game has been junior wide receiver Rodrick Rumble, who has caught a school-record 98 passes for 1,224 yards and nine touchdowns.
• Nov15

  Bo Levi Mitchell wins third Big Sky Player of Week award

  Football: Eastern Washington senior quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell is the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after recording the ninth-most yards in school history with a 436-yard performance against Cal Poly last Saturday. Mitchell shares this week’s award with Weber State running back C.J. Tuckett.
• Nov13

  Eagles outlast Cal Poly in three OTs

  Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 436 yards and five touchdowns, and Eastern Washington stopped Cal Poly on a two-point conversion in triple overtime to hang on for a 53-51 victory Saturday night in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Mitchell hit Greg Herd for a 25-yard touchdown in the third overtime, then ran in the two-point conversion to put the Eagles (5-5) on top 53-45.
• Nov11

  Eastern, Cal Poly playing for pride

  There was a time, much earlier this fall, when tonight’s non-conference college football matchup between defending NCAA Division I national champion Eastern Washington University and future Big Sky Conference member Cal Poly – which will join the league as a football-only member next fall – might have been worth circling on the calendar.
• Nov10

  Eastern prepares for Cal Poly’s classic spread option

  Eastern Washington’s defense has dealt with its share of option offenses this fall. But the one the Eagles (4-5) will face in Saturday’s 6 p.m. nonconference game against Cal Poly (5-4) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., is a whole different animal than the popular “pistol” variety used by many teams.
• Nov03

  Perhaps bye arrived too late for EWU football team

  
  The Nov. 5 bye on Eastern Washington University’s top-loaded 2011 football schedule is listed directly below the name of last Saturday’s Roos Field opponent Portland State – and under the Eagles’ eight previous opponents, as well. It is a much-needed bye, to be sure, considering the injury woes Eastern has endured this fall.
• Nov02

  Eastern could have used a bye last week

  
  The Eastern Washington football team has a much-needed bye on Saturday, considering the injury woes it endured this fall. But coming prior to next Saturday’s non-conference road game against future Big Sky member Cal Poly and a season-ending Nov. 19 matchup against lowly Idaho State in Pocatello, Idaho, the bye also seems a bit mistimed.
• Oct30

  Eastern’s playoff hopes end in loss to Portland State

  
  It was difficult to determine the most fitting omen for Eastern Washington University’s 43-26 Senior Day loss to Portland State at Roos Field Saturday afternoon. For some in a sellout crowd of 9,003 – especially those who realized Eastern was matched up against the best rushing offense in the Big Sky Conference – it might have been the sight of Eagles All-American defensive tackle Renard Williams dressed in street clothes and limping through senior introductions on a tender ankle he sprained in last week’s overtime road win over Sacramento State.

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